We’re Saved! UK Telegraph: ‘Ants pack a punch of flavor’ to food – ‘Add caramel & nutty flavors to d

[rangerrebew]

We’re Saved! UK Telegraph: ‘Ants pack a punch of flavor’ to food – ‘Add caramel & nutty flavors to dishes, say scientists’ – ‘Black ants have a sour, ­vinegary taste’

UK Telegraph: Ants are usually unwelcome guests at a picnic, but scientists have now said they could make a delicious addition to the menu after finding they have nutty, lemony and caramel flavours.

Common black ants have a sour, ­vinegary taste, so can be ground and used in place of lemon juice in recipes, ­according to researchers from Cali­fornia.
By Marc Morano
March 19, 2024
10:27 am

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ants-add-caramel-and-nutty-flavours-to-dishes-say-scientists-gdzbpl8v6
 
By Kaya Burgess , Science Reporter

Ants are usually unwelcome guests at a picnic, but scientists have now said they could make a delicious addition to the menu after finding they have nutty, lemony and caramel flavours.

Common black ants have a sour, ­vinegary taste, so can be ground and used in place of lemon juice in recipes, ­according to researchers from Cali­fornia.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/03/19/were-saved-uk-telegraph-ants-pack-a-punch-of-flavor-to-food-add-caramel-nutty-flavors-to-dishes-say-scientists/

[catfish1957]

Send 'em some Fire Ants....  I bet they'll think they are really spicy.   

[GtHawk]

Send 'em some Fire Ants....  I bet they'll think they are really spicy.   

Soon nature may respond...

[Smokin Joe]

Ants have traditionally been unwelcome at picnics and other gatherings.

After having gone to great lengths to keep them out of my food, I'm not going to surrender.

This comes out of California? Well, we don't crap in the street here, either.

[catfish1957]

Ants have traditionally been unwelcome at picnics and other gatherings.

After having gone to great lengths to keep them out of my food, I'm not going to surrender.

This comes out of California? Well, we don't crap in the street here, either.

Not sure of your location, but in the south Fire Ants aren't only a nuisance, but an oft painful reminder of some of the negative aspects of outdoor life here.  As a kid, they weren't near as ubquitous as they are now.  After a good rain, and remounding, we often see a mound about every 500-1000 square feet of property.